Forgiveness

I was so blessed to have Melinda Sturdivant share her testimony of forgiveness with me.  I hope it will encourage you to extend that same thing to others.

To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you. - C.S. Lewis

CLICK HERE to listen to her story and the amazing new song from Tenth Avenue North, Losing.

I can’t believe what she said
I can’t believe what he did
Oh, don’t they know it’s wrong
Don’t they know it’s wrong, yeah
Maybe there’s something I missed
How could they treat me like this
It’s wearing out my heart
The way they disregard, Oh
This is love, this is hate
We all have a choice to make

 

Oh, Father won’t You forgive them
They don’t know what they been doin’
Oh, Father, give me grace to forgive them
‘Cause I feel like the one losin’

 

There’s only the dead that can live
But still I wrestle with this
To lose the pain that’s mine
Seventy times seven times, Yeah
But Lord it doesn’t feel right
For me to turn a blind eye
Though I guess it’s not that much
When I think of what You’ve done, yeah
This is love, this is hate
We got a choice to make, say

 

Why do we think that hate’s gonna change their heart
We’re up in arms over wars, don’t need to be fought
Pride won’t let us lay weapons on the ground
We build the bridges up, but just to build ‘em down

 

Say, we think pains owed apologies and then it’ll stop
Truth be told it doesn’t matter if they’re sorry or not
Freedom comes when we surrender to the sound
Of mercy and Your grace
Father, send Your angels down